This is a children’s storybook about two young boys in rural Nepal who discover a phantom in their millet farm and how they go on to become advocates for saving the mysterious creature – the pangolins. Kumar Paudel has written this story inspired by real-life events. Published by Kathalaya Nepal, this book is available in bookstores across Nepal.
Kumar Paudel is a conservation scientist and nature writer from Nepal.
Graduated from the University of Cambridge, he currently leads the conservation non-profit Greenhood Nepal and serves as Vice Chair of the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group. He is a National Geographic Explorer, and his work has won numerous awards worldwide, including the prestigious Future for Nature 2025.